[Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 212)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

 
Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Frequency Spectrum Issues

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on DoD Frequency Spectrum 
Issues will meet in closed session on November 9-10, December 10, 1999, 
January 20-21, February 24-25, March 29-30, April 20-21, May 24-25, 
2000 at SAIC, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia (except for 
the 10 December meeting which will be held at the Joint Spectrum 
Center, Annapolis, MD.) In order for the Task Force to obtain time 
sensitive classified briefings, critical to the understanding of the 
issues, the

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meeting to be held on November 9-10, 1999, is scheduled on short 
notice. The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the 
Secretary of Defense through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition, Technology and Logistics on scientific and technical 
matters as they affect the perceived needs of the Department of 
Defense. At these meetings the Task Force will examine the competing 
interest in, and access to, the RF frequency spectrum and its impact on 
military readiness and national security in the 21st century. This 
study will review and evaluate DoD user frequency spectrum requirements 
and related advances in technology to improve utilization of this 
finite resource.
    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act, Pub. L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II, (1994)), it has 
been determined that these DSB Task Force meetings concern matters 
listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) (1994), and that accordingly these 
meetings will be closed to the public.

    Dated: October 27, 1999.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
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